Toronto 2015

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I don't think anyone's posted on this yet. The 2015 schedule is out for the Toronto Jazz Fest, which runs the last two weeks of June. More info here: http://torontojazz.com/sites/default/files/calendar.html

BTW, I guess this is not until 2016, but I saw the SF Jazz Collective is going to be doing another tour, but this time they are presenting the music of Michael Jackson. I'm really having trouble getting behind that. It reminds me of all those terrible LPs of jazz musicians interpreting the Beatles or what have you. I'll have to hear back that the tour is really incredible to convince me to go.

Back to the jazz festival, it isn't amazing, but there are a few interesting shows. I am likely to see Chris Potter/Dave Holland/Eric Harland.

I'm still debating the Christian McBride Big Band, but I'll probably go. Curiously, there is a free show just a bit earlier at Nathan Phillip Square with Chelsea McBride and her big band. (Pretty sure no relation.) And Ikebe Shakedown is another free show that I think I'll be checking out.

The most amusing is that Morris Day and the Time will be performing for free early in the festival. I'll probably skip this, but my wife might go if I can get home in time to watch the kids.